| Blog series by Scott Hildenbrand consisting of 11 parts so far |
Part 1: Blooming Around The Yard - Back From Flu
Well, been gone for a while due to the flu. Really knocked me out and ended up getting stuck in my lungs which made it painful and difficult to breathe. Anyway, thought I’d post what’s in bloom in the yard. I’ve also got another unknown I’ll be posting in a bit to see if anyone can figure it out. These are the Irises that my wife doesn’t like.. She’d said to trash them but me, I like Irises so I kept them, in a way. I tossed them into a depression ...
Part 2: Some minor updates
Just wanted to put up a few shots of things around the yard right now. The “invasive” plants my father in-law gave us are doing nicely beside the power box. All are in bloom and look really good together. The poor ring around the light pole of lilies seems way over filled to me. I’ll be pulling out some of the more productive lilies to make room for the others. Grapes are doing nicely. The lone grape vine that we kept is full of grapes, and the new plants we...
Part 3: So Much to do.. More on the List.
Well, here’s some more things I need to get done.. Father In-Law dropped off this big holly today that he’d dug up.. Said if I could use it.. Told him I can always find a use.. It’ll be going in the front yard somewhere which will have a bed built around it. Some odd moth hanging to a basket in the front yard.. Thought it was pretty. I’ve got the supplies in that I need to make the screen for in front of the power box. Happy Sadie Grace, watchin...
Part 4: Garden's Doing Well!
Well the garden is doing very well. The tomatoes are growing really nicely. Though some things have yet to sprout, the bulk of it is all coming along nicely. As you can see, Donovan is enjoying the garden as always. He’s only picked off one tomato so far, which, he quickly learned was a bad thing until ripe. Just look at those tomatoes.. Nice.. Nice indeed.. Growing really well.. We’d have to tie the plants up at least three times already. The purple peppers are d...
Part 5: Happy Landscape.. Kinda..
I’m hardly finished with anything. Though things are underway, which is great; they are far from finished. I’d been working to clean up around the old oak tree so that I could get it in better shape and do a proper mulch ring around it, for the sake of the tree. The tree had a serious problem with Virginia Creeper and an issue with Poison Ivy over it as well. The one wasn’t so bad, but eesh! The creeper was doing it huge damage. I’d never know that stuff gets so ...
Part 6: Garden's Close to Harvest..
LOL.. No, not the whole thing.. That would be an absolute mirricle. No, the radishes are close to being large enough to harvest. Several of them are a nice size, not too big, and soft to the pallet. We’ll be starting to pull some of the larger ones tomorrow and figuring out what to do with them.. I kind of over planted and now we’ve got a 50’ row packed FULL of radishes.. They’ve done extremly well. In other news. I’ve got my fruit trees in, as well ...
Part 7: Some Pretty.. Some Evil
I’ll start off with the evil. I’d been holding off on finishing the fern bed and posting it as a final project due to my war against this blasted wild vine. It’s grown back up from nothing at all and pushed under the cardboard and out the side. My only action is to pull all the cardboard and destroy any growth on a weekly basis.. What fun. On the bright side, the front flower bed is just about done.. I just need to mulch a small bit by the walk, but I’m ho...
Part 8: Full Beds & More
I know some of you have said that you’d like to see wider pictures instead of just the single flowers so I thought I’d toss these up. There’s still a bunch of work that needs done mind you, so if some looks rough you know it’s slated for a spit shine. This is a set of pics of the front post light that I’d put in shortly after we moved in. Originally there were 4 kinds of lilies here but we decided to go with just one and used the two big clumps of Russian R...
Part 9: Still Here. Busy With Life..
Hey folks, I’m still around and come by to read when I can. Just been busy with life in general and trying to get things done. There’s not much happening around the yard. I’ve still got half a pile of mulch that I had delivered which I can’t seem to get to doing anything with. I did build a new flower bed near the house, but it’s not at any point which I want to show it off.. ;) Garden is winding down. Been pulling tomato plants as they die off and layin...
Part 10: Ike passed by, said to tell you hi! :p~
Well Ike paid us a visit here in KY. Was high winds with a little rain tossed in. Ended up snapping two large limbs out of the pecan tree as well as several dozen smaller ones. Only one limb in the chestnuts fell however. Front yard looks like a mine field with all the chestnuts on the ground. Power went off around 9:30 this morning, good thing we have a gas stove for breakfast. Ended up going out to eat supper instead of trying to muck around at home. Stopped in WalMart to pick up some...
Part 11: Season's Winding Down
Took a walk around the yard today with my old Kodak DC290 in hand, figured I’d take a few shots of what’s around the yard. Around front in what I call the courtyard garden by the pond I’d laid out the rocks to edge the new flower bed. I still need to move more rocks over and need to pick up bags of mortar to get them set in place. Also need to mow there for that matter. Out back on the burn pile is the bulk of the damage that Ike caused to the yard. It’s not ...
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Blog Series
- Around the Yard - 11 parts
- Garden Maintenance - 7 parts
- Garden Plannings - 8 parts
- Harvest Time - 7 parts
- Irrigation - 3 parts
- Just Blooming - 17 parts
- Planting & Landscaping - 13 parts
- Wanted - 1 part
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